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Jean Duke <[log in to unmask]>
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Yes, and we have the phrase "dog pound," an obvious modern use of the term.

Maurice
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>I thought goal (jail) was the likely answer but this idea of siezed
> livestock makes perfect sense, especially since when the police take
> possession of a car these days, it is "impounded."
>
> Harold S. Forsythe
> Golieb Fellow
> New York University, School of Law
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>> from _http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/po/pound205513.html_
>> (http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/po/pound205513.html)
>> and _http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=pound_
>> (http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=pound)
>>
>> pound:  An inclosure, maintained  by public authority, in which cattle or
>> other animals are confined when taken in  trespassing, or when going at
>> large in
>> violation of law; a pinfold.
>>
>> For what it's worth, a quick search doesn't show any usage  of "pound" as
>> a
>> jail for humans, although one can see how it might be.  The  use of
>> "head"
>> in
>> the document in question would suggest it was for loose  livestock.  The
>> use of
>> "key" raises the possibility of it being human, but  perhaps it was
>> simply
>> an
>> open enclosure with a  lock
>>
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